that means the law of california means you can marry anyone you want. or we are touching it. and we may rule either way. if they rule that gay marriage is legal in california, what are the implications for all of the other states, joe? >> well, it's the largest state in the country, and, of course, that could be huge implications for other states. but you also have to remember the court has the ability to say the case we're deciding only applies in this one instance. so, we're really talking about hypotheticals here, and there are million different ways this court could decide this case. and as we know just from the health care case, this is a very unpredictable supreme court. it's very difficult to figure out what they're going to do, you know, with that 5-4 split that happens from time to time. >> so, you're on duty all day, all night, all through the weekend, joe johns, because this is big stuff. thank you. thank you very much. sorting through some very complex stuff. >>> so, here's the deal if those justices walk away from prop 8 and say we refuse to hear this case, effec